Another day with the Beeb's Dig In team, this time in chilly Kingston. The picture shows the main tent where Chris Collins (Blue Peter) and a guy from Gardeners Question Time were holding hourly demos/Q&A sessions on how to plant up and grow veggies. The whole point of these days it to get people to give growing a go, no matter what space limitations they have - carrots will grow just as well on a windowsill. B got lots of tips for her veg patch so it wasn't a complete waste of her day coming to keep me company on the train and to do a bit of shopping.I spent the morning on the potting tables again, which was great fun until I realised that I hadn't felt my feet for some time and tried to get up off my knees. My feet still have a tendency to bend backwards even now. The afternoon was spent putting my big mouth to good use for a change giving away free packs of seeds to anyone who would take them. It was a busy day as Kingston was holding its May Merrie, so there were lots of other great activities which got people out and about despite the showers. My claim to fame for the day? I gave a pack of seeds to Erin Boag from Strictly Come Dancing - yay, love that show!
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The guy from Gardener's Question Time was Matt Biggs. He did a great presentation on planting the Dig In veg & I did indeed learn some useful tips, such as not letting Basil go to bed with wet feet (i.e. only water in the morning) & about using a spray with liquid feed on the leaves of tomato plants first thing in the morning. Seems that veg growing is not for the late risers!
ReplyDeleteBetter get to it with all those tomato plants then luv - should bankrupt us if we have to pay for feed for that lot!
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